"The Werewolf Song"-classic horror story re-told

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:16 pm

first off, happy halloween folks!

working title: "The Payment"

http://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/werewolf-song-2012-eq

this is a brand new version of an older demo i did a few years back.

story:

it's a little ditty about 2 brothers and a lycanthrope.......

it's loosely based on the original wolfman movie, the one where larry talbot gets bitten by the werewolf, and he see's the pentagram in his hand; he knows he's phucked, so he goes to the old gypsy woman who knows about these things, to find a cure, and she basically tells him the only thing for him to do, is to kill himself......
what a bum deal.

anyway, these 2 brothers have been partying all night, drunk as skunks, and one of them staggers out into the moor, and proceeds to meets his maker.

the remaining brother wants revenge, but has sobered up now, and has figured out that he'd better get some kind of ammunition...

....so he goes to see the gypsy-witch, to get some aconite (wolfsbane) and a spell here and a prayer there, and believes that he's well prepared, and he goes out to the moor to get his revenge.

but that's not what he gets......

â€œThe Paymentâ€�
Written by RF Gilliland

Nightime, on the moor
drank up all the mead
mist is in the air
full moon, did the deed.

never saw the evil...
that poor ole son of a bitch
felt the claws that gripped his throat
yeah, he was dead without a twitch.

"it's your brother down on the moor,
with his head down at his feet!"

drink the aconite, tonight
toast the witches curse
pray to whoever you believe in
to pass over you the worst

it's your brother on the moor,
with his head down at his feet
and the debt has not been paid in full
will you, your maker, meet?

run into the moor
and see the evil eye
upon you, cast a glance,
and the payment, it is nigh.

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:30 pm

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:39 pm

i had so much fun cranking this one out.....
and this tune has gone thru a few variations....

at one time, it was like a funeral dirge, with this marching rhythm...
i had banged on our clothes washing machine with a 57 on it, ran it thru some reverb, and it sounding like john bonham on qualuudes!

LOL

but then i added a drum machine....a pretty standard kit sound,
and I just didn't like that.

then i manually played a drum- midi drum track, using keyboards, and triggered superior drums with that...
i kept part of that.

finally, this version, has the acoustic 1st half, then the drums kick in at the end of the spooky part that symbolizes the brother finding the other brother's head out in the moor, and staggering around looking for the werewolf, who is just out of sight, but is watching the brother with great interest.

that frantic lead work at the end, is supposed to signify the werewolf attack on the last brother.
there is some 'shredding' going on.
quite literally!

heheh

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:02 am

grrrr

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:13 pm

it's almost time

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:14 am

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:46 pm

yeah baby!!!

douche

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:06 pm

I'm sorry, here are some of my thoughts about the song:

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batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:11 pm

heheh
i knew you'd be back quick!

batsbrew · Post by **batsbrew** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:12 pm

very predictable